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The waterfalls of North Carolina, U.S., are a prominent feature of the geography of the Piedmont and mountain regions of the state, as well as a major focus of tourism and outdoor recreation. Many of these falls are located in state parks , national forests , wildlife management areas, and other public lands, as well as private property.
Sit and scoot into position at the top of the waterfall, and slide in an upright seated position. More: Hiking trails, concert series, scenic train rides: Western NC summer options voted top 10 in US
Recently reopened after a two-year closure, Catawba Falls Ridge Trail is safer than ever, and still just as beautiful.With the closure came 580 hand-built stairs and 2.3 miles of new trail ...
Outdoor magazine Backpacker had some praise for a classic Western North Carolina hiking destination — and the fall color that surrounds it — on its list of five best crowd-free fall leaf hikes.
Linville Falls is a waterfall located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in the United States. [1] The falls move in several distinct steps, beginning in a twin set of upper falls, moving down a small gorge, and culminating in a high-volume 45-foot (14 m) drop. It is named for the Linville River, which goes over the falls. Linville ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Pages in category "Waterfalls of North Carolina" ... Cascades Waterfall (Craggy Mountains) Catawba Falls;
More: 5 best hikes near Asheville in Western NC: Waterfalls, swimming, high elevation Sliding Rock A WNC classic, Sliding Rock , located on U.S. 276 in Pisgah National Forest, is famous for living ...
There is some debate as to the height of the falls. Kevin Adams' book North Carolina Waterfalls lists the height as over 400 feet (120 m). NCWaterfalls.com lists the falls as "tumbling 600 feet", but states that it would hesitate to call the falls a 600-foot waterfall. Google Earth, from the first dropoff at lat 35.037517, long -83.011653 ...